Tardis Beehive

Edymnion(7a)May 1, 2013

Being an oldschool geek that is finally getting around to starting a beehive after years of talking about it, I had the perfect idea on what to do with it. This idea came while watching Doctor Who and building approximately god-awful number of frames.

I need to turn my hive into the Tardis.

Fully assembled hive, with a quick bit of spackle down the corners to smooth them out a bit before painting:

After two coats of almost-Tardis Blue paint (the hive will be in the shade in it's final location, but I still wanted to err a bit on the side of caution and not go too dark):

And where I'm at now (the professional art world is trembling before my astonishing skill with whatever random paintbrushes I could find laying around:

Suggest you start your package of bees in just the bottom box, when they fill 70% of the combs with honey and brood add a second box. Pretty good rule to follow as your hive population expands, 70% filled, add a box.